Dr. Calvary

I believe my husband and I together have been funding major projects for the two local hospitals in the area recently.

My husband was the latest visitor to one emergency room last weekend with a TIA, or mini-stroke. That in itself wasn't good, except it was probably a wake-up call for him, and maybe helped him avoid an all-out stroke. At least that's what we hope.

One of the few bright spots in the whole experience however, was a doctor who may as well have been wearing a Calvary uniform, because the minute he walked in the room, it was as if the entire calvary had indeed, arrived. Dr. Madzelan treated me about two years ago when I went into the Er, and then into the ICU. He is reassuring to the max, no-nonsense in the perfect way, but spiced with a sense of humor. So when he walked into the hospital room this time, apprehension took a holiday. His common sense and "guts" (sorry, but that is just the word that fits here) in actually making a diagnosis without dozens of different expensive tests, are qualities that exude what a great doctor is.